Dr. Menegon and co-authors proposed the scientific name Kinyongia msuyaefor the newfound species.
“The species is named after and dedicated to Charles A. Msuya, a pioneer of Tanzanian herpetology, who collected the first known specimen attributable to this species and has spent most of his life studying Tanzanian wildlife,” they wrote in a paper published in the journal Acta Herpetologica.
Kinyongia msuyae is a small, elongated chameleon (about 16 cm long), lacking distinctive colors or pattern.
“K. msuyae is an overall brown to green chameleon, sometimes with broad pale transversal bands and scattered blue spots formed by single scales or clusters of several scales,” the scientists wrote.
“Females have often a larger round spot of contrasting color on the flanks.”
“The tip of the snout, rostral appendage and limbs and top of the casque are often brownish to grey.=read more=http://www.sci-news.com/biology/kinyongia-msuyae-new-species-chameleon-tanzania-03612.html
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